superstructure

The definition of a superstructure is a building or part of a building built above the foundation.

(noun)

An example of a superstructure is the lobby and floors in a high rise building.

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See superstructure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a structure built on top of another: sometimes used figuratively
  2. that part of a building above the foundation
  3. that part of a ship above the main deck

See superstructure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A physical or conceptual structure extended or developed from a basic form.
  2. The part of a building or other structure above the foundation.
  3. The parts of a ship's structure above the main deck.
  4. The rails, sleepers, and other parts of a railway.
  5. In Marxist theory, the ideologies or institutions of a society as distinct from the basic processes and direct social relations of material production and economics.

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